GOINGS ON...

Things are busy as expected with 3 kids, but with soccer coming to a close and school almost out...the lazy days of summer will begin. Jonathans been traveling a lot to SF and its been a lot of work finishing our basement. The final touches are being done and yippeeeeee- another project crossed off the list. The boys in all- are doing great. Tristan will be finishing up his preschool year and taking summer preschool...Jett is rolling around all over the place, starting to eat solids but much prefering his bottle and becoming quite the chunk. Elijiah is back into scouting for the summer, and maintaining his straight A's. We are starting a new chore chart process and I got it from the "Entitlement Trap" book which is excellent so Im hopefull that we can actually have him be motivated to do them, and be more consistant around here. We had a bit of a meltdown of great porportions with regards to computer time which was a pretty big deal and its been a concern of mine what we are going to do with preteens and teenagers and technology. Its a fact I cant get it out of the house...but I sure want better limits on use. Excited for the warmer weather and upcoming events/projects-a few weeks ago I got a really hankering to move again. When Im not happy with a house I tend to just move on...literally. This house has been a pain for us, and taking up way to much financial resources, however I mellowed out and decided moving wasnt in our best interest...we will continue to fix it up and when Elijiah moves out determine our next move. Id like to build- so we are putting that on our 10 year plan.

Boys Boys

I ran across some of these funny things on the internet the otherday...if you have boys you can relate...

 

You find yourself willingly holding a living creature that you would usually run away from screaming.

You have an unhealthy knowledge of the point/gem system for Temple Run, Dragonvale, Bakugan, Plants vs. Zombies, Cube Runner …

You can’t muster the brain power to recall what you ate for breakfast, yet you can inherently transform a Transformer (without the 30 pages of directions it came with). 

Your child asks you to marry him and you’re totally considering it. (so true)

You know what a Ripstik is and you’re not afraid to use it. 

You spend much of your days in a fog of fart odor  

A little penis seems to be constantly whizzing by (well, let’s hope that’s your sons).

You’ve actually placed yourself under a tree with the feeling that, if that kiddo loses footing you’ll at least be there to break his fall. 

You know the pain of stepping on a Lego … and may in fact, have one imbedded somewhere in your body right now. 

 

There’s a finger in your eye, your ear, or up your nose and it’s not yours. 

You understand what I mean when I say “bleacher butt,” as in, “My sits bones are literally numb, I have bleacher butt.” 

You’ve found yourself saying things like, “No, you can’t ride the dog.” and “Yes, you do have to keep your pants on in public.” 

You’ve had in depth conversations about who would win in multiple variations of match-ups involving Spider-Man, Iron Man, Captain America, X-Men, Daddy … 

Though you claim to be an absolute pacifist, you’ve had a talk that involved you urging, “Sometimes you gotta push back.” 

At some point you notice the change in smell from “OMG sooo sweet” to “Get that tween some AXE.” 

You can use your keyboard, phone, iPad, but there’s a good chance your fingers will get stuck to it.

You can’t find a single pair of pants without holes in the knees. 

 

Some others I would add:

There’s a love you feel for your son that’s too great and sometimes too scary to fully explain or even comprehend.

 

You cant redirect a hobby, obession until they are ready to relinquish it.  Hello spoons, matchbox cars, star war figures, mini guys, halloween, legos.....

 

 

 

 

old and new pictures

we have so many photos that we have taken over the last few months but ZERO time to download and post. I finally got Jonathan to download some on a rare day off and here are a couple olds ones, new ones and stuff in between lol. Life is always going at a breakneck pace. Not sure when or how that will ever change...so its our new normal. Basement is 99% finished, some small finish things to do, paint patchups, a couple lights to hang and cleanup....so we are pretty excited about that. When its all clean i'll specifically put up those photos. Jonathan really has been a rockstar when it comes to juggling school- job that is beyond crazy bad, and endless nights working on the house. Ive decided no more. I dont care what it costs, the aggravation and fights over remodels arent worth it. Next up is our master bath and I totally want someone else to do it. All the boys are growing fast and Jett is super cute. I literally want to eat him. I kiss him all day and am so in love. The school year is coming to a close and summer approaches. Noel will come out again in a few weeks and we are all so excited to see her again. In all we are doing great...